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Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, the financial centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CurrencyBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (BAM)
Calendar year
Trade organisations
CEFTA, WTO (observer)
Country group
Statistics
PopulationDecrease 3,219,415 (1 January 2021, est.)[3]
GDP
  • Increase $29.07 billion (nominal, 2024 est.)[4]
  • Increase $71.25 billion (PPP, 2024 est.)[4]
GDP rank
GDP growth
  • -3.0% (2020)[4]
  • +7.4% (2021)[4]
  • +3.8% (2022)[4]
  • +2.0% (2023)[4]
GDP per capita
  • Increase $8,415 (nominal, 2024 est.)[4]
  • Increase $20,622 (PPP, 2024 est.)[4]
GDP per capita rank
GDP by sector
−0.6% (2020 est.)[4]
Population below poverty line
17.5% (2021)[6]
Labour force
  • Decrease 1,583,000 (15 September 2022)[9]
  • Increase 35.5% employment rate (April 2019)[6]
Unemployment
  • 13.1% (30 June 2023)[10]
  • Positive decrease 33.8% youth unemployment (2019)[11]
Average gross salary
Increase 2,052 BAM / €1,048.59 / $1,139.89 (January 2024)[12]
Increase 1,328 BAM / €678.622 / $737.71 (January 2024)[13]
Main industries
steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicles, textiles, tobacco products, furniture, tanks, aircraft, domestic appliances, oil refining
External
Exports$8.9 billion (2022)[14]
Export goods
electricity, car seats, iron structures, aluminum, furniture
Main export partners

(January, 2022)[15]

Imports$11.37 billion (2021)[14]
Import goods
crude oil, automobiles, motor oil, coal, briquettes
Main import partners
 EU 59.0%

(January, 2022)[15]

FDI stock
  • Increase $9.73 billion (31 December 2022 est.)[16]
  • Steady Abroad: $0 (2014)[17]
Decrease −$873 million (2017 est.)[17]
Decrease$4.87 billion (30 June 2023)[18]
Public finances
Positive decrease 18.09% of GDP (30 June 2023)[19]
+2.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)[17]
Revenues7.993 billion (2017 est.)[17]
Expenses7.607 billion (2017 est.)[17]
Increase $8.72 billion (September 30, 2023)[21]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a transitional, upper middle income economy.[17] Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from socialist Yugoslavia on 1 March 1992. The main trading partners are Germany, Italy, Austria, Turkey and other neighboring Balkan countries.

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  2. ^ "World Bank Country and Lending Groups". datahelpdesk.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Population on 1 January". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "IMF World Economic Outlook database".
  5. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. (Archived 2017 edition.)
  6. ^ a b "Stopa nezaposlenosti u BiH 15,7 odsto". 15 July 2019.
  7. ^ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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  10. ^ "Stopa nezaposlenosti u BiH 13,1 posto". Al Jazeera Balkans. 12 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate) - Bosnia and Herzegovina". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. ^ https://www.cazin.net/vijesti/prosjecna-plata-u-bih-1328-km-porasla-za-22-posto
  13. ^ https://www.cazin.net/vijesti/prosjecna-plata-u-bih-1328-km-porasla-za-22-posto
  14. ^ a b "Vanjskotrgovinski robni deficit BiH od januara do novembra iznosio 9,6 milijardi KM" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  15. ^ a b "European Unioe, Trade with the World" (PDF). European Union. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  16. ^ "U BiH 2022. Godine zabilježen rekordan iznos stranih investicija, čak 1,44 milijarde KM".
  17. ^ a b c d e f "Bosnia and Herzegovina". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 19 January 2019. (Archived 2019 edition.)
  18. ^ "Vanjski dug BiH iznosi skoro 9 milijardi KM, evo kome najviše dugujemo".
  19. ^ "Vanjski dug BiH iznosi skoro 9 milijardi KM, evo kome najviše dugujemo".
  20. ^ "Sovereigns rating list". Standard & Poor's. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  21. ^ "Devizne rezerve Centralne banke BiH krajem septembra iznosile 15,92 milijarde KM".